Food storage brings up a lot of questions and concerns, especially when it involves meat products. Here are the guidelines for deciding what’s safe to eat.
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Raw Poultry
Raw poultry lasts just a day or two in the refrigerator at a temperature of 40 degrees F or colder, but up to a year in the freezer at 0 F or colder. Cooked poultry can be refrigerated a few days longer and should be frozen no longer than two to six months. Watch out for these other food storage guidelines you didn’t know about.
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Red Meat and Pork
Red meat and pork can remain in the refrigerator for up to five days and can be frozen for four to 12 months. Leftover cooked meat will last three to four days in the refrigerator and two to six months in the freezer. Here are food storage tricks to make your food last longer.